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HARROW AND CLOD GRUSHER. No. 407,791. Patented July 30, 1889.

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No. 407,791. Patented July 30, 1 889.

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LUCIUS B. PHELPS, OF EAGLEVILLE, OHIO.

HARROW AND CLOD- CRUSHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,? 91, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed January 29, 1889. Serial No. 297,976. (No model.)

To all whom it may cOIwern:

Be it known that I, LUCIUS B. PHELPS, a citizen of the United States, residing atEaglc- .ville, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Harrow and Olod-Crusher, of which the following is a specification.

lWIy invention relates to improvement-s in harrows and clod-crushers; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. etis a detail perspective view of one of the clod-crusher sections, looking at the under side of the same; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the harrow and marker.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the tongue, the rear end of which is secured between the parallel transverse bars B B, and to which the whiffletrees C are attached, as shown. At the ends of the bars B, I secure the rearwardly-extending frames D, which consist of the parallel side bars E, and the cross-bar F, connecting the rear ends of said side bars. The carrying-wheels G are journaled in these side bars and arranged between the same, as shown. An arch-bar H has its ends secured to the cross-bars F, and extends between the same, as shown, and the drivers seat I is secured upon this bar at the center of the same.

The clod-crusher is composed of a series of sections J, which are arranged between the frames D and are connected to the front crossbars B. Each of these sections is composed of a block orplate K, the teeth L depending from the under side of the said block and the pulverizing-bar M, secured to the under side of said block at the rear end of the same. The sections are connected to the bars B by the links N, having their front ends pivoted to the said bars B and their rear ends pivoted to the front ends of this section. The sections of the clod-crusher are further provided, near their rear ends, with the chains 0, which are secured to the upper sides of the sections and are adapted to engage hooks P on the upper side of the arched bar H, so as to support the sections of the clod-crusher at the desired height, so that the teeth will cut into said markers T consist each of a metallic plate, having its lower end bent to form a blunt point and having its upper end provided with longitudinal slots or notches U, through which securing-bolts are passed into the harrow-bar, so as to secure the markers to the said bar at the proper height. The said harrow-bar is further provided, in its rear side, with a number of bolt-holes V, so that the end markers can be adjusted to or away from the central marker, according to the distance desired between the rows.

WV designates a lever, which is fulcrumed on the bar H, and has its rear end pivoted to the barrow-bar R and hasits front end arranged within convenient reach of the driver and adapted to engage a suitable stop on the side of the drivers seat. This lever is intended to be used to raise the harrow-bar when moving the device from field to field, and in order that the weight of the said bar, when raised, will not be entirely thrown on the said lever, I provide the hook X, which is pivoted on the drivers seat and is adapted to engage a staple Y in the upper side of the harrow-bar.

In practice the device is drawn over the field, and the clods will be thoroughly broken up and crushed by the teeth L and the pulverizing-bars M. The harrow-teeth carried by the harrow-bar will act on the surface of the ground, so as to even the same, and the in the best possible condition for planting. The clod-crusher being made in independent sections will readily ride over large stones and other obstructions, so that breaking of the said sections is obviated. The harrowbar also can readily rise so as to clear 0bstructions, as the supporting-arms are pivoted at their front ends. Vhen it is desired to move the device from one field to another, the clod-crusher sections and the harroW-bar are both raised so as to clear the ground, as will be readily understood. The sections of the clod-erusher are supported by the chains 0 and the harroW-bar is supported by the hook X.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination of the frame, the clodcrusher-sections arranged side by side and having their-front ends loosely connected with the frame, and the harroW-bar connected to the frame in rear of the clod-crusher sections, as set forth.

I 2. The combination of the frame, the clodcrusher sections loosely connected thereto, the harrow-bar loosely connected to the frame in rear of the clod-crusher sections, and the markers carried by the barrow-bar and ad ing their front ends pivoted to the frame and their rear ends pivoted to the clod-crnsher sections, as set forth.

5. The combination, with the harroW-barhaving a longitudinal series of bolt-holes, of the markers having longitudinal slots or notches in their upper portions, and the secnringbolts passed through said slots or notches into one of the bolt-holes in the harroW-bar, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LUOIUS l3. PHELPS.

Vitnesses:

L. W. PEoK, O. D. KING. 

